Suzanne Byers uses an umbrella to protect herself on the Pearl Street Mall during Thursdays snowstorm, in Boulder on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Up to 10 inches of snow blanketed the metro area and Front Range overnight, and an additional 1 to 3 inches are expected to fall before the storm moves out of Colorado.

We’ll be live-blogging the snowstorm affecting Colorado, Denver and much of the Front Range from Wednesday, Dec. 21-22.

In less than 24 hours, the storm dumped 9 inches of snow around the Denver area, with some areas receiving as much as 12 inches, according to the National Weather Service. As of 11 a.m. Thursday, about 30 inches of snow fell in rural areas in Boulder County, 20 inches fell in Conifer, 9 inches in Lakewood and about 13 inches blanketed Castle Rock.

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